Mal's POV.
A few seconds later found me in Fairy Godmothers office for the second time in the same amount of days. I felt two pairs of arms around me immediately and since I could see Fairy Godmother smiling behind her desk I knew the arms belonged to Jane and Evie. I just chuckled slightly. Extended time with Evie had turned the younger girl into a huger, as evident right now.
"Okay, you two. I need my arms free to text Ben and his parents." I told them and after a few more minutes they finally released me. But only because my phone chimed in my hand. As they pulled away I glanced at my phone to see a text from Jay.
From Jay: Me, Carlos n Evie have afternoon off 2morra. Fancy shopping?
I sent a quick text back to him since I already knew he was going to ask, I was just waiting to find out when they wanted to go.
To Jay: Sure. Meet me at the castle after lunch. See you then
I then sent another quick text off.
To Adam, Ben, Belle: Got to Fairy Godmothers office safe x
I didn't wait for a reply I just muted my phone before placing it on Fairy Godmothers desk where I could still see it in case Ben, Belle or Adam rung me. I really don't want them worrying for nothing like they did yesterday. As I moved to stand between Evie and Jane I heard two collective gasps. I turned baffled but soon noticed where they were looking. My left hand. It was then I realised I had forgotten to take my engagement ring off. Me and Ben had planned for me to move it to my other hand or take it off until tonight when we made some kind of announcement but, with Belle talking to me about the engagement ball she wanted to throw this Sunday, I had forgotten.
It was mere seconds before Evie ran forward and pulled my left hand towards her and was examining the ring. "Congratulations Mal!" Jane exclaimed as she moved forward and pulled me into another hug before joining Evie in examining the ring.
"Congratulations." Fairy Godmother said from her current place near Jane. I could only smile at her. I was about to thank her but Evie's voice cut me off. "When did he ask? Where did he ask?" She questioned quickly Jane nodding along with her questions clearly wanting to know herself. I looked at a smiling Fairy Godmother, silently asking if it was okay since we were supposed to be having a magic lesson and after she nodded I explained everything to the two girls in front of me. "But you can't say anything until after me and Ben have made some kind of announcement." I told them as I finished telling them about the proposal. "The press need to hear it from us. As do the other royals." Jane and Evie both nodded to this.
"It really is a beautiful ring." Jane stated. "Ben chose really well." Evie nodded along with me but I could see the cods turning in Evie's head what about I wasn't sure.
Thank fully Fairy Godmother cut off any questions she was about to ask me. "Okay Evie, Mal what magic have you guys done since our last magic lesson?" I looked to Evie for her to go first.
"I have mostly just used my mirror." She states and all too quickly three pairs of eyes turned towards me.
"I have transported myself and Ben various places both with and without a spell and have unlocked some doors with a spell." I told Fairy Godmother. I decided to leave the part about Maleficent for now. Hopefully, she would get bored with it. My hope however was short lived as once Fairy Godmother began talking I heard her again. Just remember what I said, Mal. Bring me the wand and your pathetic little friends may have a chance. I quickly snapped myself from my thoughts when I heard Fairy Godmother talk to me directly. As I glanced around I realised they were all looking at me. "Sorry, lost in thought. What did you say Fairy Godmother?" I asked.
After a curious look she repeated herself. "I'm going to deal with a few school things while you help Jane with some simple magic to start her off with. Evie already has a list of things I need her to find with her mirror. I won't tell you when I return to see if while distracted you can keep your guard up." I nodded. Okay that seemed fairly reasonable.
With that she disappeared and Evie wandered off to sit down on one of the chairs while Jane turned to me expectantly. "Okay Jane. Why don't we start simple, yeah?" I asked. If she could get a few simple spells down it should help her. Let's start with unlocking doors. I thought to myself. A simple yet very useful spell. "Right." I started as I waved my hand at the door causing it to lock. "I want you to use my spell and unlock the door." This earned me a panicked look in return but she nodded never-the-less. I whispered the spell to her and I watched Jane nod as she turned to face the door.
I couldn't help but smile as Jane managed to open the door the first time. The shock on her face was evident as she turned to face me. "That's great, Jane. I knew you would be good at this." I told her earning a smile. I honestly can't believe Fairy Godmother wouldn't let Jane use or learn any magic. It's ridiculous. I mean sure I grew up without it on the Isle but I always knew how to control it so when I came to Auradon it wasn't a total disaster.
After a while of locking and unlocking the door, me and Jane had moved on to transporting ourselves. Considering how worried Jane had been about finally being able to use her magic it turned out she was a natural and after a few attempts even had that down. I seriously couldn't help but smile. Jane was so happy. About an hour after Fairy Godmother had left Evie had volunteered to go with Jane to see if she could take someone with her when I sensed magic coming closer to us. What worried me more was I couldn't sense if it was good or evil so I placed myself in between yet slightly in front of Evie and Jane who were in the corner ready to transport to the grounds.
My hands lit up with purple fire immediately as I noticed a small amount of smoke in the middle of the room and got myself into a fighting stance as Evie stepped a little closer to back me up if needed. I turned slightly and threw her a grateful smile but turned back the the middle of the room immediately. That was when I noticed Fairy Godmother stood there smiling. I should have eased up there and then but I still couldn't get a read on the magic in the room. "Mal dear. It's me. You can ease up now." Fairy Godmother said but I still wasn't convinced and just raised my eyebrow.
I felt the tension leave both Evie and Jane behind me but with Maleficent's threats fresh in my mind I wasn't taking any chances. Fairy Godmother sighed and seemed to know I wouldn't let up so she dropped whatever cloak seemed to be covering her magic, and the familiar sense of good magic flooded my radar. It was only then I dropped my stance and removed the fire that had ignited my hands. "Sorry." I apologised a little sheepishly as I moved from in front of my friends.
"It's fine, Mal. Given you current emotional state I shouldn't have suggested that or I should have at least removed the cloak over me. You probably thought I was your mother." She explained but that merely made me mad. I really needed to control this anger but I snapped before I could try and stop myself.
"Don't ever call her my mother! She is nothing to me except the woman who gave birth to me!" I shouted at a rather stunned Fairy Godmother. Geez, how many times would I have to explain this to people? "Giving birth to me doesn't earn her the title of my mother! That title lies with someone else." I carried on glaring at the older woman in front of me and she tried to recover from what I had said, or rather shouted. I was starting to shake with temper when I noticed my phone light up on the desk.
As I walked over to the desk I noticed it was Ben and I answered a little more harshly then I intended to. "What!" I snapped down the phone at him.
"Mal? What's wrong?" Ben asked me.
I took a calming breath before I answered him. "Nothing Ben. I just got mad at Fairy Godmother when she called Maleficent my mother that's all. I'm fine." I explained to him feeling a lot calmer now I was talking to him.
"Okay. Mrs Potts wants to know if you will be home for dinner?" He questioned.
"Sure. Be home in ten. Love you." I said and after he replied with 'love you too' I hung up and turned to Fairy Godmother. "I'm sorry about that Fairy Godmother. It's just a very sore topic for me right now." The older fairy nodded her response. "Mal, I am sorry. I had no idea." She began to explain herself but I cut her off, not wanting to hear it. "It's fine Fairy Godmother. You didn't know. Just please don't call her that again." After this I made my excuses and transported back to the castle.
After dinner Belle and Adam had excused themselves to go and work on something in Adam's office so me and Ben took the time to go and talk in Ben's office. Once we were settled on the couch in his office Ben spoke. "Mal, how would you feel about posting a picture on SpellBook tonight to announce our engagement? Since mom seems pretty set on having an engagement ball on Sunday." I could only nod in response as I leant into his side as he took his phone out. I held my left hand up making sure to get it in the picture and after snapping a quick picture and making sure it wasn't blurry Ben started typing on his phone.
A few minutes later Ben was still typing so I took his phone from him and sure enough there was way too much writing there. Deleting it all I replaced it with a simple message. 'Mal said yes! The countdown to the royal wedding begins!' and tagging myself in it I posted it to Ben's wall. As I handed his phone back he checked the post. "Mine would have been more romantic." He stated.
"Maybe but no one would have read it to find out." I told him as I laughed. Ben just playfully pushed me in return as he started to laugh himself. "Ben, how do you think Chad and Leah will react?" I asked him. Suddenly unsure of their actions. It was well known they didn't get along with me and both me and Ben know Leah has been trying to split us up since Ben's coronation.
"Let's just worry about them if and when we need to, okay?" Ben told me. Almost immediately our phones wouldn't stop pinging from everyone liking the photo and/or congratulating us so I didn't get a chance to reply. I ended up putting my phone on silent and practically ignoring it since Ben was finding the important comments, from our family and friends, and was reading them to me. However, Ben suddenly fell silent as a large smile spread across his face. "Ben? What's wrong?" I asked him, since he isn't usually this quiet unless something is wrong.
Ben just handed me his phone which showed two comments on our photo. The first one was from Belle 'Extremely happy for you and proud of you both. You deserve your happy ending. Love you.' the second comment was from Adam 'I'm very happy I get to call this amazing you lady my future daughter-in-law. I'm very happy for you. Love you both.' Just reading these brought tears to my eyes.
I handed Ben his phone back as I stood and began walking out of the room. Not having a chance to ask me what is wrong Ben decided to just follow me and see where I am going. A few minutes later I reached the room I was heading for and just walking in. I spotted both Belle and Adam in the corner of the office and walked over to them pulling them both into a hug. Once they got over the slight shock of me barging in and hugging them they returned the embrace and somehow Ben had joined in. Don't ask me when because I have no idea. I don't even know how long we were sat/stood like this but none of us moved until there was a knock on the open door.
We pulled apart and noticed Mrs Pott's there with a tray of tea and hot chocolate. We all took the cup we were offered and even she congratulated us before she left. As I took a sip of my drink I realised just how tired I was. "Ben, I will meet you upstairs. I'm knackered." I told him.
"Okay, I'll come up with you now." He stated. Normally I would have told him not to bother as I usually did but it always ended in a mini argument which I had zero energy for tonight so for once I let it drop. After be bid goodnight to both Belle and Adam we made our way upstairs and I couldn't help but wonder what tomorrow would bring. I was waiting for the time Leah would see Ben's post and create a fuss but as Ben said earlier that's a worry for another day. And although I haven't really done a lot today once we finished our drinks and got into bed, once Ben's arm was around me I was asleep.
Author's Note: Sorry for my updates being rather up and down and I apologise if this chapter is a little shorter then I usually write. I am hoping (college work permitting) to have another chapter up over the weekend. Hope you enjoyed this chapter :)